Tips for Public Speaking

Public speaking is the greatest fear of most people, I would like to mention some tips that have been tried and tested. First is relax very important. Get to know your audience, subject and venue.

(2) Eye contact,focus on one person in the audience, then in a semi circle over the heads and the wall of the room. Good eye contact is vital.

(3) Voice projection, that is speaking rate and volume. Volume depends very much on the number in the audience and room size,also if projectors or microphones are being used.

(4) Sincerity depending on the subject. To convey sincerity by your delivery.

(5) Gestures, again depends on the nature of the subject, if too many gestures are used it takes away from the presentation. Sometimes if speaking at a lectern the speaker is encouraged to move slightly.

(6) Everybody has a certain style of speaking. Light hearted or sincere. My own is the latter. Whatever is your style try to improve on.
Those are some of the main tips for public speaking. I am in a toastmasters club myself (public speaking) for a number of years and recommend highly to anybody with an interest in public speaking.

I finish with a well known saying in the context of public speaking.
Tell the audience what you will speak about.
Speak about it.and then say what you talked about.